Parsee

NOUN
  1. a member of a monotheistic sect of Zoroastrian origin; descended from the Persians; now found in western India
Linguix Browser extension
Fix your writing
on millions of websites
Get Started For Free Linguix pencil

How To Use Parsee In A Sentence

  • The soma-haoma, a drink-offering common to both Indian Vedism and Iranian Parseeism, must be dated back to primeval times, when the Indians and the The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock
  • Christians, and only forced upon the old text by misinterpretation through the Pehlevi version and the Parsee commentary. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life
  • The said Sully, a barracker associated with tinkers, the blackhand, Shovellyvans, wreuter of annoyimgmost letters and skirriless ballets in Parsee Franch who is Magrath’s thug and smells cheaply of Power’s spirits, like a deepsea dibbler, and he is not fit enough to throw guts down to a bear. Finnegans Wake
  • None of the Parsee texts, which truly imply the idea of resuscitated prophets and of precursors, are ancient; but the ideas contained in them appear to be much anterior to the time of the compilation itself.] [Footnote 7: Rev.xi. 3, and following.] The Life of Jesus
  • It is the cause of hundreds of millions of Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, Christians, Jains, Budhists, Parsees, agnostics and atheists as well.
  • Fresh Bombay duck in Britannia & Co, an old Parsee restaurant near the docks, is soft and floppy unlike the dried up, salty stuff I remember chewing as a child and the mutton dhansak turns out to be goat.
  • The Parsee's narrative only confirmed Mr Fogg and his companions in their generous design.
  • They were clad in chintz turbans, resembling the Parsee headgear, and in long cotton coats, with shoes turned up at the toes, and short drawers or pyjamas. The Romance of Isabel, Lady Burton
  • D'Andradé 1.6 cites an account of a healthy Parsee lady, eighteen years of age, who menstruated regularly from thirteen to fifteen and a half years; the catamenia then became irregular and she suffered occasional hemorrhages from the gums and nose, together with attacks of hematemesis. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
  • The Parsee-inspired meal that I served included brown rice pilaf, a vegetable-dal stew called dhansak and a simple salad called kachumbar. Archive 2006-06-01
View all
This website uses cookies to make Linguix work for you. By using this site, you agree to our cookie policy